490 Obflrvat. VERS.II. An Expofiti~n, with N otu would you have deliverance? humble your {elves; The Lionjpa. reth the proftrt~tte prey: Omnipotence will not be your terror, but proteClion. Would you have grace? fee more of God .=He that is in the low pits, feeth fiars in the day time. Would you have your outward fiation firm ? the Lord will uphold the humble. Would you have the comforts of the Spirit? and the preferment ofgrace? the LordWill revive the JPirit ofthe humble, Ifai.57•I ;. You afe Gods fecond Heaven; !\~illdn1el/ with the contrite JPirit. Thi! world looketh upon humility as the way to tmke us contemptible; when we fioop, we think every one will tread upon us: You fee in the vote and fentence ef the Promifcs, ·cis the way to be exalted,ei– ther in the favour ofGod or men. Lafily, out of all we may be en- .couraged to wait uponGod with an holy fiumility and confidtnce in <;>Ur low efiate: Job zz•1.9. When men ~tre caft down,thou foalt fof, There u a !tfting up; and he foal/ [t~tve the humble perfon. When all thy affairs go to decay, thou mayfi bear upon thefe hopes: InPeter ~cis,I Pet. 5.6.He !hall lift thee up in due time. Wait Gods leafure, and the Promife fhall furely be fulfi.led ; only be humble, not only morally,butgracioujly: Gracious humiliation is a deep fenfe ofour mi{ery and vilenefs, With adefire to be reconciled toG(}d 11pon any term1. Verfe. I 1 . Speak._ ·not evil of one another (Brethre-n) 'he th{lt JPMk..eth evil ofhis brother, and judgeth his bro'ther, jpeak,.eth evil of the Law, and yudgeth t'he 1Mw : but if thou judg the Ll4w, thou art not a Doer· ofth~ . Law, but a Judg. Here the Apo!He cometh to diifwade them from another fin, of which he had impleaded them guilty before, and that is ·derrachon and fjwfkjng evil ofone another. , Speak_ not e'Vil of one anothtr, Brethrm,] p.~ ll..e~..1!Lll.fLA~Ts rl.Mu– M~.v~ JPeak not one ttg-ainft another : The word implyetb any [peak– ing which is to the prejudice of another, be it tt ue or falfe; the Scripture requiring that our words lhould fuit with love as well as lruth. Note hence) . That jpeak.jng _evil of one another doth not b'ecomt BretiJr-en tmcl Chriflians. ACitizen ~f Sion is thus defcribed, P[a/.15 .3• He bP~ckjn'teth not'With hr1 tOMUe,. nor doth evil to his n1ighbor, nor · "" _ ··· tak.,eth
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